Toshiba to close wafer fabs, slow IC productionNews & Analysis 11/30/2011 5 commentsToshiba Corp. has announced it plans to close three manufacturing facilities and consolidate much of its discrete, analog and imaging IC production into three others, as part of a response to a fall off in demand for consumer products from the western hemisphere.

Globalfoundries replaces CFO, appoints CTONews & Analysis 11/30/2011 3 commentsGlobalfoundries appointed Daniel Durn, a former executive at the firm's parent company, to the position of chief financial officer and assigned two other senior executives to key positions.

Seagate: HDD shortages to last for monthsNews & Analysis 11/29/2011 8 commentsSeagate said it expects revenue for the quarter ending in December to be above consensus analysts' expectations, but warned that the recent flooding in Thailand will lead to a shortage of hard disk drives that will last several quarters.

ST-Ericsson replaces CEO with ST's LamoucheNews & Analysis 11/28/2011 3 commentsST-Ericsson NV, the struggling mobile phone chip joint venture, has announced the appointment of Didier Lamouche as president and CEO, with effect from Dec. 1, 2011. Lamouche, who is chief operating officer of STMicroelectronics NV, replaces Gilles Delfassy who has led ST-Ericsson since September 2009.

Online simulation tool creates flyback power supply circuits in minutesProduct News 11/26/2011 1 commentFairchild Semiconductor has launched an easy to use, powerful online simulation tool that allows designers facing the challenge of designing a flyback circuit for their applications’ power supply to throw the application note away and ‘Auto Design’, optimize or ‘Advance Design’ like a power supply expert.

Intel Capital starts $100 million apps investment fundNews & Analysis 11/26/2011 1 commentIntel Capital, the venture capital arm of the world's biggest chip maker, said it has launched a $100 million fund to invest in invest in software tools and services companies developing applications and digital content for mobile devices and PCs.

Supercomputing 2011 ultimate slideshowNews & Analysis 11/26/2011 11 commentsSupercomputing 2011 held at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle was the 24th conference of its kind devoted to high performance computing, networking, storage and analysis.

Kingston launches its fastest USB flash driveProduct News 11/25/2011 1 commentKingston Digital, Inc. has released the Kingston DataTraveler® HyperX® 3.0, which is designed for enthusiasts and gamers, and features the fastest speeds and largest capacities that Kingston has to offer in a USB Flash drive.

Innovasic adds real-time channel to EthernetNews & Analysis 11/25/2011 6 commentsInnovasic Semiconductor Inc. has announced device-level support for its PriorityChannel, an extension to Ethernet that is intended to ensure Ethernet is suitable for use in industrial applications and others where real-time responsiveness is required.

S3 provides IP for Chinese mobile TVNews & Analysis 11/23/2011 Post a commentDesign services and intellectual property licensor S3 Group Ltd., formerly known as Silicon & Software Systems, has announced that Nationz Technologies Inc. has licensed mixed-signal IP for use in a mobile television chip and that the chip is now available.

Argonne National Lab still on the GPU fenceNews & Analysis 11/22/2011 2 commentsUsing GPUs in supercomputers can make things more complicated for the researchers simply trying to run their code, according to Argonne National Labs’ (ANL) deputy division director Susan Coghlan.

Image gallery: Japan bets on embeddedNews & Analysis 11/22/2011 20 commentsWhile covering the Embedded Technology 2011 show in Yokohama, I couldn’t help but notice one big shift in the Japanese electronics industry’s agenda since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami: the industry’s collective focus on the “smart home.”

Power management IC market growth down in 2011News & Analysis 11/22/2011 Post a commentThe market in 2011 for power management semiconductors will grow more slowly than expected, stymied by a general slowdown in consumer spending and the disruption caused by the March Japanese earthquake, according to an IHS iSuppli.